Vehicle Data Collection Modes for Privacy-Restricted Contexts
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of cameras and sensors in vehicles raises privacy and security concerns, including unauthorized access and data misuse, which can lead to legal issues and breaches of privacy laws.
Innovation Solution
An onboard vehicle system that adapts data collection settings based on vehicle context and user input, controlling data collection, storage, and transfer through multiple modes tailored to different locations, times, occupants, and preferences, ensuring compliance with privacy and security restrictions while maintaining safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cameras and sensors are used in vehicles for safety and ADAS, then vehicle safety and efficiency are improved, but privacy concerns and data security risks worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data collection into multiple distinct data modes (first, second, third modes) with different collection, storage, and transfer settings. This allows the system to switch between comprehensive data collection for safety and restricted collection for privacy protection, resolving the contradiction between safety requirements and privacy concerns.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts data collection settings based on contextual factors such as vehicle location, time, and detected events. The data mode is not fixed but can change in real-time, allowing the system to collect more data when safety is at risk and less data when privacy is paramount, thus resolving the static contradiction between safety and privacy.
2Adaptability or versatility
If data collection settings are made adaptive based on context and user input, then privacy and security compliance is improved, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal data mode selection mechanism that handles multiple functions: collecting user preferences, determining vehicle context, selecting appropriate data modes, and controlling data flow. This single multi-functional system resolves the complexity issue by consolidating what could be multiple separate systems into one integrated solution.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes key parameters (data collection settings) based on input parameters (user input, vehicle context) through a defined selection process. This parameter-based approach provides a systematic way to manage complexity by using configurable parameters rather than hard-coded complex logic throughout the system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple data modes with different settings are implemented, then adaptability to different contexts is improved, but data settings complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data settings into three distinct data modes, each with specific configurations for collection, storage, and transfer. This segmentation allows the system to handle complexity by dividing it into manageable, pre-configured modes rather than managing continuous adjustable parameters, making the system both adaptable and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses predefined, disposable data mode configurations that can be selected and discarded based on context. Rather than creating complex custom configurations for each situation, the system selects from pre-packaged modes, reducing the cognitive and computational burden of managing data settings complexity.
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AI summary
Techniques for adapting data collection in vehicles for enhanced security and privacy are provided. A computer-implemented method, performed by a data processing device of a vehicle, comprises A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing device of a vehicle, comprises determining whether a context of the vehicle corresponds to a security restricted context associated with one or more restrictions related to data capable of being collected via one or more data collection devices integrated on or within the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the data processing device. The method further comprises, in response to a determination that the context corresponds to the security restricted context, rendering, via an electronic output device located on or within the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the data processing device, notification data informing one or more occupants of the vehicle that the context of the vehicle corresponds to the restricted security context.